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Fast Forward Fallout For England’s Top Sephardic Rabbi Over Statements About Homosexuality
(JTA) — The United Kingdom’s top Sephardic rabbi has “stepped aside from the day-to-day activity” of the country’s Sephardi rabbinical court amid a furor over his statements about homosexuality. Rabbi Joseph Dweck, who serves as senior rabbi at London’s S&P Sephardi Community, came under fire after saying at a lecture last month that societal acceptance of homosexuality…
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Fast Forward Senate Passes New Iran Sanctions Bill 98-2
(JTA) — The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill that would impose new sanctions on Iran. The measure adding sanctions on Iran due to its ballistic missile program, support for terrorism and human rights breaches passed Thursday in a 98-2 vote. It complies with the Iran nuclear agreement reached in 2015, which put restrictions on…
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Fast Forward Linda Sarsour’s Brother Works At Kosher Restaurant — And Some Want Him Fired
(JTA) — A New York kosher restaurant is under fire for employing the brother of Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour. The Jewish Defense Organization, considered to be a Jewish extremist group, has taken aim at Izzy’s Brooklyn Smokehouse restaurant, calling on it to fire Mohammed Sarsour, The New York Jewish Week reported. Sarsour, known as Moe,…
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Fast Forward Chicago Thieves Snatch Yeshiva Students’ Luggage And Tefillin
(JTA) — The luggage of 10 Michigan yeshiva students was stolen from their van in downtown Chicago. The teens, some of the 32 students celebrating their eighth-grade graduation from Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, a Jewish day school in Southfield, are most upset about losing their tefillin, or phylacteries, the CBS affiliate in Chicago reported Wednesday. In addition…
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Fast Forward Israel Slams European TV Channel For Dropping Anti-Semitism Documentary
(JTA) — In an unusual move, Israel’s ambassador to France criticized in harsh terms a French-German television channel’s nixing of a documentary on anti-Semitism. The decision, announced last week by the state-funded Arte channel citing the film’s alleged focus on Muslim countries, is “an obfuscation of information and an encroachment on the public’s right to…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Says Israel Stands With GOP Shooting Victims
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent wishes for a speedy recovery for the victims of the shooting at a Republican team’s baseball practice for a charity game against congressional Democrats. “On behalf of the Government and people of Israel, I send our heartfelt wishes for a full and speedy recovery to Congressman…
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Fast Forward Modern Language Association Votes Against Boycott Of Israel By 2-1 Margin
(JTA) — The members of the Modern Language Association have voted to reject academic boycotts of Israel. The MLA announced Wednesday that the resolution passed by a vote of 1,954 to 885. A vote of ten percent of the organization’s more than 18,000 eligible voting members was needed to pass the resolution and make it…
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Fast Forward Vatican And Israel Make Progress On Property And Tax Issues
(JTA) — The Vatican and Israel may finally be ready to resolve outstanding bilateral issues and fully finalize the Fundamental Agreement governing relations between the two states. A joint statement issued Wednesday following a meeting the previous day at the Vatican of the Bilateral Permanent Working Commission between the Holy See and the State of Israel expressed…
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